Niers
The Niers is a river in Germany and the Netherlands, a right tributary of the river Meuse. Its wellspring is near Erkelenz, south of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: river in Germany and the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Kender” and “Niersmündung”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Genneperhuis and Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Altijddurende Bijstandkerk.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Altijddurende Bijstandkerk
Church
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Altijddurende Bijstandkerk is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Milsbeek and Middelaar.
Milsbeek
Village
Milsbeek is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Gennep, and lies about 14 km southeast of Nijmegen. The village was first mentioned in 1329 as Milsbeec, and is named after a brook.
Sint Agatha
Village
Niers
- Categories: river and tourism
- Location: Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.71403° or 51° 42′ 51″ north
Longitude
5.94756° or 5° 56′ 51″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
9F37PW7X+J2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=confluence
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Niers from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Niers” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Niers”
- Bulgarian: “Ниерс”
- Catalan: “Niers”
- Cebuano: “Niers”
- Chinese: “尼爾斯河”
- Chuvash: “Нирс”
- Czech: “Niers”
- Dutch: “Niers”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نيرس”
- Esperanto: “Niers”
- French: “Niers”
- Georgian: “ნირსი”
- German: “Niers”
- Irish: “Niers”
- Italian: “Niers”
- Japanese: “ニーアス川”
- Limburgan: “Niers”
- Luxembourgish: “Niers”
- Macedonian: “Нирс”
- Mingrelian: “ნირსი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ნირსი”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Niers”
- Polish: “Niers”
- Portuguese: “Niers”
- Russian: “Нирс”
- Slovenian: “Niers”
- Spanish: “Niers”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as De Rijtjes and Oeffelt.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oeffelter Meent and potterie jacobsladder.
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